2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harpers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harpers Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Harpers Hill have shifted over the last decade, with the area now seeing a higher proportion of people living alone. A total of 30.8% of households consist of just one person, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a community where small households are becoming more common.
2.4
—
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Harpers Hill — lower than 57% of areas.
| Harpers Hill | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2321, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of residents live alone, a rate well above the 25.6% national figure. Most homes here house two people (53.8%), and the typical home size of 2.4 people is about the same as across Australia.
30.8% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harpers Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 5.1% of the area, which is well below the 14.1% national average. The family landscape is dominated by couples, with 49.2% having no children and 44.1% raising children.
5.1% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harpers Hill, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (45%) and One-parent families (5%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Harpers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11864/harpers-hill/topic/family-households